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(1988, Blackwell); The Politics of God (1992, Fortress); Theories of Culture: A New Agenda for Theology (1997, Fortress); Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity (2001, Continuum and Fortress Press); Economy of Grace (2005, Fortress); and Christ the Key (2010, Cambridge). Christian beliefs are not just the

to engage with God. It would be hard to over-estimate the importance placed on prayer and prayer experience in a church like this and indeed, in Christian America today. Many of the best-selling Christian books are books on prayer technique, and they sell in the millions. Such books often begin by presentin

se God? Is there only one God that all American can pledge allegiance to or are there different gods that different religions worship? What about the Trinity? Is Jesus God? And what is that thing the Catholic kids call “the Holy Ghost?” Scary! But is it God too? Are Jews even supposed to say the word God (

pledge forced me not only to think about them but to try to place them in the context of my own role as a young Orthodox Jewish skeptic in a largely Christian America. Our school taught us that even though America was a majority Christian country, George Washington, in his famous letter to the congregants of the Tr

nt? (1988, Blackwell); The Politics of God (1992, Fortress); Theories of Culture: A New Agenda for Theology (1997, Fortress); Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity (2001, Continuum and Fortress Press); Economy of Grace (2005, Fortress); and Christ the Key (2010, Cambridge). Christian beliefs are not just theore

rder to engage with God. It would be hard to over-estimate the importance placed on prayer and prayer experience in a church like this and indeed, in Christian America today. Many of the best-selling Christian books are books on prayer technique, and they sell in the millions. Such books often begin by presenting th